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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Adjacent to Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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During the War of 1812, Captain Richard Raggett, of the British blockade ship, H.M.S. Spenser, demanded a ransom of $6,000 from the village of Barnstable, or else he would destroy the extensive saltworks owned by Loring Crocker.
Undaunted, . . . — — Map (db m142193) HM WM |
| | Original Settler with the Barnstable Colony in 1640.
Selected Grand Juror, Hayward, Constable, and Highway
Surveyor. Served with Militia of the Colony of New
Plymouth. In 1658, he built and operated one of the
First Grist Mills in . . . — — Map (db m140492) HM |
| | 1685 - Memorial - 1985
This tablet is in commemoration
of Barnstable County’s 300th Anniversary
A dedication to those loyal sons
and daughters who gave unselfishly
of themselves to the call of duty
in the Military, . . . — — Map (db m142219) HM |
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In Memory
of
Charles L. Gifford
Served United States
House of Representatives
November 7, 1922 - August 23, 1947 — — Map (db m142331) HM |
| | James Otis Jr.
The Patriot
West Barnstable
1725 — 1783
Advocate Orator Statesman
President John Adams Said In Part
Of Otis’s Famous Writs Of Assistance
Speech In Boston February 1761
“American Independence . . . — — Map (db m142330) HM |
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Korean War
June 25, 1950 – July 2, 1953
33,629 KIA - 8,177 MIA
This site is dedicated to the men and women who served this nation during the Korean War, and to the many who made the supreme sacrifice for love of . . . — — Map (db m158956) WM |
| | Lt. Colonel F.W. McAbee
U.S.A.
Served 1942-1961
World War II
Korean War
Prisoner of War 1950-1953
Cape & Islands Chapter 1
Korean War Veterans Association — — Map (db m158958) WM |
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Mercy
Otis
Warren
Born – W. Barnstable
1728 - 1814
Champion Of The Bill Of Rights
Playwright – Poet – Historian
Patriot — — Map (db m142325) HM |
| | In Honor Of The
Men Of Barnstable
Who Served In
The Revolution
The War Of 1812
The Civil War
The War With Spain
The War With Germany
This Stone Marks The Spot
From Which The Soldiers
Marched To Boston
In . . . — — Map (db m142182) WM |
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In Tribute To
Mercy Otis Warren
Poet, Playwright, Historian And
Political Pamphleteer
On The Occasion Of
The 225th Anniversary Of The
Start Of The American Revolution
1775 - 2000
* * * * *
Member of a . . . — — Map (db m142177) HM WM |
| | This building was the court house where the Kings Court was forced to end its sessions by a band of patriots in September 1774 — — Map (db m142175) HM |
| | Sandwich Monthly Meeting of Friends, established in 1657, is the
oldest continuous Quaker meeting in North America. It consists
of congregations here, in West Falmouth and in Yarmouth.
This meetinghouse, the third on this site, was built . . . — — Map (db m140503) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m140443) HM |
| | Nearby Stood The
Homestead Of
Thomas Hinckley
Governor Of
Plymouth Colony
From 1681 To The
Union With The Bay
Colony in 1692. — — Map (db m142187) HM |
| | Our Community
Dedicates This Memorial
Lest We Forget
In Memoriam
★ Gilman, Raymond E. ★ Luomala, Otis ★ Thomas, Dennis
World War I
Anderson, Charles S · Atwood, Neil · Baker, Stanley · Benson, Aubrey C. · . . . — — Map (db m143819) WM |
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m136466) HM |
| | This plaque is dedicated to the officers and crew members of the S/S Marine Electric who lost their lives in the line of duty on 12 February 1983.
By Marine Transport Lines, Inc. M.E.B.A District 81 National Maritime Union Masters, Mates and . . . — — Map (db m85581) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158540) WM |
| | Merchant Marine Memorial — — Map (db m85583) WM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158544) WM |
| | In Memoriam
World War II
Robert E. Poland
1913 – 1944 — — Map (db m158548) WM |
| | Dedicated to the U.S.N. Armed Guard, and Merchant Seaman of W.W. II who served on ships, carrying the world to victory. In memory of The SS Blackpoint and crew, the last ship sunk in the Atlantic Theatre of War on May 5, 1945 by enemy action. She . . . — — Map (db m85573) WM |
| | This bell is dedicated to the memory of those who were lost at sea when the SS Pan Oceanic Faith went down in the North Pacific on 9 October 1967. John P. Dunphy ’65 • John M. Ward ’65 • John R. McPhee ’67 • Joseph P. Nowd ’67 • James Bechtold ’67 . . . — — Map (db m85577) HM |
| | The Unknown Seaman Dedicated 7, October 1989 This monument is dedicated to the officers and men who sailed the ships of the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. Especially to the 6700 unsung heroes who lost their lives in that conflict. And to . . . — — Map (db m85575) WM |
| | Dedicated to the Citizens of
Who Devoted Themselves to the Cause of Freedom
And Served Their Country in the World War
1914 - 1918
Alves Gregory · Ames Alton C. · Angus Andrew H. · Ashley Harrison L. · Avery Harry L. · Bartelt Elmer E. · . . . — — Map (db m158663) WM |
| | Vietnam
In Memory Of
★ Clifton L. Boyer 27, Feb. 1969
★ Paul C. Carter 31, Jan. 1968
★ Paul R. Driscoll 31, Oct. 1968
★ Douglass R. Morhmann 15, March 1968
★ Joseph E. Sintoni 27, March 1968 . . . — — Map (db m158547) WM |
| | In Grateful Memory
1st. Lt. Walter R. “Skip” Daley
Who Died at the Age of
Twenty Four Years While In
The Service of Our Country
As a Member of
The First Cavalry Airmobile Division
Of The United States Army.
For . . . — — Map (db m158472) WM |
| | In Memory
Dec. 16, 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945
Dedicated To Those
Men and Women Who
Fought in the Historic
World War II
Battle of the Bulge
In the Ardennes, Belgium
Cape Cod Islands Chapter 58
Veterans of the
Battle of the . . . — — Map (db m158473) WM |
| | The Brewster Store
1852
National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m157961) HM |
| | In memory of the veterans from the Town of Brewster who served during the Korean War and the Vietnam Campaign
Tubman M. Andrew-Korea • Robert F. Baker-Korea • Francis Cash-
Vietnam • Edward F. Clark-Korea • Harold F. Clark-Korea • Karl L. . . . — — Map (db m158982) WM |
| | Memorial to the veterans from Brewster who served in foreign campaigns
Hartwig James C-WWII • Hicks Paul V-Vietnam • Edwards William K-Vietnam • Keuch Deane-WWII • Selfe Richard A-Vietnam • Hill Russell H-WW II • Porter William H-WW II • Le . . . — — Map (db m158985) WM |
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Memorial
To those who served in the
World War
Presented to the Town of Brewster by
Brewster Grange 1919
Roland E Allen • Winthrop N Bassett • Ernest H Black • Allen S Bragg ☆ Herbert A Cahoon • Ernest E Chase • . . . — — Map (db m159811) WM |
| | In Memory of
August Belmont
February 18, 1853 - December 10, 1924
Whose vision, initiative, an indomitable courage made possible the first complete construction of
The Cape Cod Canal
Connecting Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay which was . . . — — Map (db m57668) HM |
| | You are standing in the center of the Old Nye Estate. Before construction of the canal, this was the finest home in Bournedale, a sleepy Cape Cod village complete with post office, village hall, general store, and its own industry - the Tahanto Iron . . . — — Map (db m57536) HM |
| | Chief of Engineers
Award of Excellence
US Army Corps of Engineers
Cape Cod Canal
For exceptional project managemental achievements, and the enhancement of public perception of the corps objectives. — — Map (db m57672) HM |
| | Long before the first European settlements in the Herring River Valley, a band of Wampanoag Indians lived in this area. The seasonal village called Comassakumakanit, stood beside Megansett Waye, an important trading path linking Cape and the . . . — — Map (db m57534) HM |
| | Through her efforts suicide barriers were placed on the canal bridges.
"The Samaritans hope that saving people here will give them time to reconsider, to give themselves another chance at living, and at finding some help." — — Map (db m57669) HM |
| | (Front of Marker)
In memory of all U.S. Submarines that are still on patrol.
U.S.S. Trout
State Boat of Massachusetts lost in action February 29th 1944
(Rear Marker)
U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in World . . . — — Map (db m57398) HM |
| | Opening to vessel traffic in 1914, the primary purpose of the Cape Cod Canal is to provide a safe, navigable intra-coastal route for vessels, saving 65 – 166 miles of travel around the historically treacherous outer shores of Cape Cod, . . . — — Map (db m158552) HM |
| | William Barclay Parsons, Hon.M.ASCE
Chief Engineer, Cape Cod Canal, 1906-1914
The original construction of the Cape Cod Canal demonstrated the feasibility of constructing and operating a sea-level canal without locks. — — Map (db m57670) HM |
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This is an original antenna that was used here at the WCC as a receiving antenna on the “MF” band. It was originally located on the other side of Orleans Road, across from the Hotel Building (now the Education Center). It was . . . — — Map (db m159408) HM |
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At the foot of the trail is the Marconi/RCA receiving station complex, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station is significant for its engineering , its architecture, and its long and distinguished role in the history of . . . — — Map (db m159483) HM |
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On this trail, you will see several different types of antennas that are representative of some of the antennas which were used at WCC, both here and at the transmitter site on Forest Beach in South Chatham. There are several half wave dipole . . . — — Map (db m159432) HM |
| | In Memory of
The Hero of the Monomoy Disaster
1862 Captain Elmer F. Mayo 1935
Chatham, Mass.
and his gallant rescue of
Surfman Seth L. Ellis
from a watery grave on Shovelful Shoal
off Monomoy Point
March 17, 1902
In . . . — — Map (db m158416) HM |
| | Erected
By The Town Of
Chatham.
In Memory Of
Those That Fell
In The Rebellion
Of 1861 to 1865. — — Map (db m158232) WM |
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Native Americans have harvested fish and shellfish in Chatham waters for millennia. Weirs – stationary structures of twine nets and wooden poles driven into the seabed – were the traditional method for catching finfish and squid. . . . — — Map (db m159114) HM |
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The Old Village, encompassing the land between Chatham Harbor on the east and Mill/Little Mill Pond on the west, became the town center in the 1800’s probably due to the Old Harbor area becoming less navigable. A concentration of small stores on . . . — — Map (db m159151) HM |
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A 2-6-0 coal fired steam locomotive coupled to a string of freight cars wait for departure at the Chatham Railroad Depot in 1932. The Chatham Railroad Company constructed seven miles of tracks as a branch line with stations in Chatham, South . . . — — Map (db m159095) HM |
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This set of bell chimes began their existence in the clock tower of one of this town’s notable historic homes overlooking the Old Harbor in North Chatham. The house, originally built in 1806 by George Kendrick, was purchased in 1917 by Rufus and . . . — — Map (db m159773) HM |
| | This Lighthouse lantern room dates back to 1887, when it was installed atop the south tower of Chatham’s twin lights, the third set to be built on the bluff known as James Head overlooking Chatham Harbor and the Atlantic at the elbow of Cape Cod. . . . — — Map (db m159757) HM |
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Employee Residence of the Marconi-RCA Wireless Station
Built in 1914 for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Known as the “Hotel Nautilus”
In 1994 this building and the entire site
were placed . . . — — Map (db m159331) HM |
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has” – Margaret Meade
This land and the view you see before you were . . . — — Map (db m159214) HM |
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Six 350-foot masts were built by the Marconi Company to support a mile long horizontal antenna, intended to receive radio signals from a sister station in Norway. Five masts were removed in 1919. The remaining mast and several 100-foot steel . . . — — Map (db m159439) HM |
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The first European to land on the shores of Chatham was Samuel de Champlain, who took refuge in Stage Harbor in October, 1606. Although relations with the Natives were initially friendly, after about ten days tensions increased and a battle . . . — — Map (db m158345) HM |
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Like all towns in the country, Chatham was very much involved in the Civil War. More than 264 men saw action on the battlefields, of whom 16 lost their lives. But the conflict had little effect on the way Chatham people lived their lives, as the . . . — — Map (db m158564) HM |
| | The waters off Chatham are notoriously dangerous because of the treacherous shoals and currents. The need for lights to warn mariners was recognized in early days of the country, and in 1806, nine years after the erection of the first lighthouse on . . . — — Map (db m154912) HM |
| | He came from Norwich England in 1637. He acquired from the Indians by a series of purchases prior to the year 1683 the greater part of the present Township then known as Monomoyick. He and his sons and sons-in-laws Robert Nickerson • Samuel . . . — — Map (db m68997) HM |
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Operations Building of the Marconi-RCA Wireless Station
Built in 1914 for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Operated with distinction as Coastal Marine Station WCC, Chatham Radio from 1921 - 1997
In 1994 this . . . — — Map (db m159494) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m157614) HM |
| | The First White Man on these Shores Landed Here October 1606 — — Map (db m71054) HM |
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The house of William Nickerson built about 1664, stood south 51 degrees west at a distance of 19 1/5 rods (about 105 yards) from this marker. He was the first settler in Monomoit where he purchased from the Indians most of what is now Chatham. . . . — — Map (db m157368) HM |
| | Somewhere within gunshot of this stone lies the remains of Squanto, Indian guide, friend and counselor of the Plymouth Colony, who died in 1622 on the sloop “Swan” in Stage Harbor. — — Map (db m159026) HM |
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Imagine what it was like at the turn of the 20th century, when ships left port with no way to communicate with land. On this trail, you will walk in the footsteps of pioneers in radio technology who created a wireless lifeline for those at sea. . . . — — Map (db m159332) HM |
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At a meeting of the Chatham Historical Society in 1957, Ernest Eldridge recalled his days at the Atwood School in the late 19th century.
"I had my turn down at the Atwood School and there was two rooms, upstairs and down, at . . . — — Map (db m159226) HM |
| | Chatham’s only active hostilities
during the Revolutionary War occurred in Chatham Harbor,
near this site, on 20 June 1782.
At sunrise, crew members from a British privateer were discovered in Chatham’s East Harbor, attempting to sail away . . . — — Map (db m78440) HM |
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This wind powered grist mill was built in 1797 by Colonel
Benjamin Godfrey on a hill by his home on Stage Harbor Road
Overlooking the Mill Pond, where it served the growing needs of
Chatham residents for corn meal, a staple among early . . . — — Map (db m159325) HM |
| | A group of Separatist from the Church of England, later named Pilgrims, left England for Holland in 1608 in settled in Leiden in 1609. After staying there for 11 years, the group sailed back to England on the ship Speedwell, where they joined by . . . — — Map (db m78321) |
| | Erected In Honor of
The Men of Chatham
Who Left Their Daily Tasks
Among Us to Serve Our
Country During the World War
★ ★ 1917 – 1918 ★ ★
And In Memory Of Those Who
Made The Extreme Sacrifice . . . — — Map (db m158572) WM |
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William Nickerson, founder of Chatham, arrived in Salem in 1637 aboard the ship, John and Dorothy, with four children, his wife, Anne Busby and her parents. A weaver by trade, he left Norwich, England to escape the persecution of Bishop Wren of . . . — — Map (db m159035) HM |
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One of the most spectacular small boat rescues on the east coast of the United States occurred on February 18, 1952. The tanker Pendleton broke in half off the coast of Chatham during a fierce Nor' caster storm. In blinding rain and sixty foot . . . — — Map (db m63406) HM |
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Tisquantum (also known as Squanto), the most famous Native American to encounter the Pilgrims, died near here in 1622, roughly 40 years before William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson established their homestead on this site.
Born at Patuxet, a . . . — — Map (db m159031) HM |
| | Specifications
Overall Length: 44ft. 1.5in.
Maximum Beam: 12ft. 8in.
Draft: 3ft. 6in.
Displacement: 39,500lbs.
Propulsion : Twin 185 horsepower diesel engines, with twin propellers and twin rudders
Maximum Speed: 14 knots . . . — — Map (db m158423) HM |
| | Erected In Memory of
Quinton Stockwell
and his wife
Abigail Bullard Stockwell
It was in their house, which stood on
this spot, that the Stockwells boarded
the Reverend Samuel Mather during the
earliest days of . . . — — Map (db m147359) HM |
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Somerset County, PA · New York, NY · Washington, D.C.
09.11.2001
A Day Not To Be Forgotten
Alderwoods Group — — Map (db m157930) HM WM |
| | These two pieces of steel are from the World Trade Center site. They are a reminder of the tragic events of September 11th 2001. A total of 2977 people perished on that day. The steel was entrusted by the F.D.N.Y. so that we never forget. — — Map (db m158954) HM WM |
| | This Property
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historical Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m157966) HM |
| | Inviting guests to step through the massive jawbones of a whale may seem an unusual way to say, “Welcome to our home.” But for Captain Edward Penniman, there could be no more appropriate greeting. Born in Eastham, Captain Penniman earned . . . — — Map (db m111659) HM |
| | The barren sandspit to your right was once the site of the Coast Guard Beach bathhouse and its asphalt parking area. Today they are gone, erased by the forces of the sea.
In February 1978, the same winter storm that brought a famous blizzard to . . . — — Map (db m144092) HM |
| | The spot where you now stand will eventually be at the water’s edge, and someday it will be gone entirely. Wind and waves continually reshape the shoreline. Through natural processes, the sea is eroding the land. Wind will build a dune, one sand . . . — — Map (db m141192) HM |
| | Cape Cod is composed almost entirely of rock debris deposited by the ice age glaciers over 18,000 years ago. Most of this debris, called “glacial till”, consists of clay, sand, and pebbles, but the ice age also deposited larger stones. . . . — — Map (db m111818) HM |
| | Eastham Remembers
1917 - World War - 1919
Army
Chase Ralph A · Collins Bernard C · Clark Henry E · Horton Earl K
Camp
Brewer Leonard J · Hatch Freeman C · Gill Alfred D · Steele George B
Navy
Hopkins Clifton · Steele WM Bradley
. . . — — Map (db m147336) WM |
| | This Property
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department Of The Interior — — Map (db m141393) HM |
| | Built in Plymouth 1680 by Thomas Paine of Eastham. Moved to Truro, 1770. Moved to Eastham, 1793. Moved to this location, 1808. — — Map (db m52648) HM |
| | One mile west of this site
hostile Indians had their
First Encounter
6 December 1620
(Old Style)
With Myles Standish, John Carver,
William Bradford, Edward Winslow.
John Tilley, Edward Tilley, John
Howland, . . . — — Map (db m141405) HM |
| | On this spot hostile Indians had their first encounter December 8, 1620, old style, with Myles Standish, John Carver, William Bradford, John Tilley, Edward Winslow, John Howland, Edward Tilley, Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Dotey, John . . . — — Map (db m51139) HM |
| | Near this site the Nauset tribe of the Wampanoag nation, seeking to protect themselves and their culture, had their first encounter, 8 december 1620, with Myles Standish, John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, John Tilley, Edward Tilley, . . . — — Map (db m51142) HM |
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For thousands of years before the Europeans landed, the Nauset Indians lived beside the marshes of Cape Cod. Among the evidence of their occupation is this community grinding rock, one of four such boulders found in the Nauset Bay area. . . . — — Map (db m111595) HM |
| | After 66 days spent in the cramped confines of a small ship pitching and rolling its way from England across the stormy North Atlantic, the Mayflower’s passengers gave thanks. It was the morning of November 9,1620 and they had spotted land - the . . . — — Map (db m141189) HM |
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A bird's eye view of Cape Cod reveals a landscape dimpled with holes. Most of them are nearly round, and many are filled wit water, like Salt Pond in front of you.
Geologists call these intriguing depressions "kettles."
They were formed over . . . — — Map (db m63408) HM |
| | In 1836, in response to numerous shipwrecks in the area, 21 residents of Eastham petitioned the Boston Marine Society for a lighthouse. The first Nauset Beach Light Station was built more than 500 feet east of this spot. Because of constant beach . . . — — Map (db m141506) HM |
| | ”outermost cliff and solitary dune…
this is Eastham, this is the outer cape…having known and loved this land for many years, it came about that I found myself free to visit there, and so I built myself a house upon the . . . — — Map (db m144415) HM |
| | Fifteen years before the Pilgrims landed on Cape Cod, French explorer Samuel de Champlain sailed down the Atlantic coast from Canada in search of new lands. On July 20, 1605, he entered here what was then a shallow bay. He named it Port de . . . — — Map (db m111600) HM |
| | In the days before electronic navigational aids, the waters off Cape Cod with their hidden shoals held many dangers for passing ships, especially at night or during thick weather.
In 1872 the U.S. Life-Saving Service established nine stations on . . . — — Map (db m141194) HM |
| | Author and naturalist Henry Beston came to this shore in September 1927. On the dunes about a mile and a half to your right he built a cottage with two rooms and a fireplace. Here he lived a solitary year in the company of the ocean. His nearest . . . — — Map (db m111657) HM |
| | Edward Penniman’s career as a man of the sea began at age 11. At 21, he was harpooning with the New Bedford, Massachusetts whaling fleet. By the time he was 29, he was master of his own whaling ship. Captain Penniman’s seven whaling voyages spanned . . . — — Map (db m111660) HM |
| | A remnant from Cape Cod's agriculture past, this 1850-era hay barge was a common sight among the working dories, skiffs, and catboats of the area. Wide and flat-bottomed, it was rowed, poled, and sailed throughout the shallow marshes. Salt marsh hay . . . — — Map (db m63407) HM |
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Harwich Historical Society
1894
National Register Of Historic Places — — Map (db m157860) HM |
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In Memory
Dec. 16, 1944 - Jan. 25, 1945
Dedicated to Those
Men and Women Who
Fought in the Historic
World War II
Battle of the Bulge
In the Ardennes, Belgium
Cape Cod Islands Chapter 58
Veterans of the
Battle of the . . . — — Map (db m157863) WM |
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This iron cannon is a British 6-pounder used on commercial ships. The “B” on the trunnion is a foundry marking. The gun is believed to have been brought to Harwich around 1815. It was fired at many town celebrations, but after . . . — — Map (db m157620) HM |
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One of a pair of grinding stones found on property once owned by the Brooks family in Harwich Center. By the 18th century the town boasted as many as eight grist mills where local farmers could take their grain to be ground. — — Map (db m157856) HM |
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